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Chapter #3
Better never than late!
by: Unknown
"Impressive light show, Bob!", Victoria said with a sneer. "Makes all those test subject animal deaths worth the while."
Bob cursed under his breath, trying to find what went wrong. "All the reads are right on target, this should have worked."
"Well, let me know if you need any help, Bob," Victoria threw over her shoulder as she walked out of the lab. "Say, maybe pulling a rabbit out of your hat?"
As she drove home later that evening, she still snickered at the look on Bob's face as she got out and walked to her apartment. The three story townhome was flanked by two identical units, one owned by a 34 security analyst and the other by an 18 year old doctorate candidate. The 18 year old was funny in a darling way. He was still all awkward limbs and inept social graces, and just a smile from her could cause him to trip all over himself. The security analyst, however, gave her the creeps. His eyes not only undressed her body everytime he looked at her, he undressed her soul.
Just as she started to pull her key out of her purse, a wave of dizziness overcame here. The next thing she knew, she was surrounded by a giant pile of cloth. Worse, she was completely nude! It took her a moment to realize that the shrinking experiment had worked, but had a delayed reaction. But how was she going to get back to the lab to reverse the effect of the ray? For that matter, how was she going to get out from under the pile of her own clothes? Just then...
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